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Hi purlgirl, I said no to dairy intolerance even though I get a drippy nose when I eat yoghurt, and it's meant to be a superfood. Maybe I should have ticked yes. How did the rest of the swami come out? R u happy with it?

to what extent? NON or a little? or something in dairy but not others??

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I checked off lactose intolerance but I'm really casein intolerant. And that's the protein found indairy. Casein shows up as a SWAMI toxin for me, yet all cheese contains casein...It's confusing to say the least...There is no specific SWAMI question that asks if you're dairy intolerant..so although lactose isn't really something I think bothers me, cow's milk cheeses bother me more than sheep's/goat's milk cheeses.

So even while checking off lactose intolerance....I got lots of cheeses on my SWAMI...

But low overgrowth cheeses are supposed to heal the gut.

Dairy foods totally confuse me. I go back and forth between eating cheese and avoiding it.

How could I be a Teacher if I don't tolerate cheese? Cheese is such a large part of the Teacher'sdiet.

Edited to add that my SWAMI says this about cheese and dairy:

"These dairy choices are designed to correct digestive imbalance by restricting the carbohydrates available to intestinal bacteria and yeast. Only the carbohydrates that are well absorbed are included, so that intestinal bacteria have nothing to feed on. This helps to correct the bacterial overgrowth and the related mucus and toxin production."

Maybe I'm not eating enough cheese and still need to correct digestive imbalance.

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It's scientifically explained that A1 type milk and it's products alter the working of central nervous system and add greatly to many bad diseases. Though it's not proven that it's the only reason that cause much worse health in regions where people breed A1 type cattle than in regions where people breed A2 type animals.I don't eat meat of the A1 type animals also and I believe that they are much worse than A2 type animals' meat. Actually the cause of the bad health in A1 milk is in the meat also in different forms, for example the meat has the different morphine-peptides also. It's just not could have been explained scientifically that A1 animals' meat is worse than A2 animals' meat yet though this is the case.Changing to A2 type animals in both milk and meat will cause better health for sure.

"These dairy choices are designed to correct digestive imbalance by restricting the carbohydrates available to intestinal bacteria and yeast. Only the carbohydrates that are well absorbed are included, so that intestinal bacteria have nothing to feed on. This helps to correct the bacterial overgrowth and the related mucus and toxin production."

I am so excited about this approach (starving the bad bacteria). If I can eat these dairy products without getting sinus infections - I'll be thrilled. If I can't - I'll give up Dairy completely. It's worth a try. I'm happy for this chance.

Healing my intestines is a big conscern to me. Lots of cancer in my family and I have 6 whorl fingerprints.

I asked the office to change my lactose input to intolerant and the only thing that changed is: yoghurt and whey protein not allowed anymore. I'm going to miss my yoghurt but I'm glad I can still have mozzarella, ricotta, feta, parmesan and cottage cheese, so not all bad.

for me Cow and goat milk are Toxins (forever Avoids)but "Milk, Indian Buffalo " is a temp avoid (black dot)

Good Question: Does that mean that I can have the milk + cheese + butter each 4 times a week?

I took it to mean the total for the week (not 4 servings for each)Sure would be nice if I'm wrong.

You can have 4 servings total.... You pick which item of food you wantto eat from the list, but it's still just going to be 4 servings total.

I think if I didn't list "lactose intolerant" I might have gotten yogurt and whey protein toeat but SWAMI lists them as toxins.

....but there was no place to list casein intolerance (even though SWAMI listed the word caseinas a SWAMI toxin). I don't even know if I'm lactose intolerant. If I get a stuffy nose from cow'smilk cheese, that doesn't really imply lactose intolerance. How would anyone know if they'relactose intolerant? Doesn't all dairy contain lactose? Doesn't it all contain casein?

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I get that too Lizzie, except that water buffalo milk is neutral. I haven't the foggiest idea where I can even get water buffalo milk, or if there are even any water buffalo on this continent! I even had to research water buffalos to see if they're even kosher! They are, which means I can drink this milk if I'm ever able to locate it.

In the meantime, I'm enjoying small amounts of the allowable cheeses. I need to think of them as condiments, not protein sources.

Lizzie- quark cheese is very similar in taste and texture to yogurt. If you're allowed that, you might want to give it a try. It's also super-easy to make (I made some when trying to make farmer's cheese.)

Ruthie,Water buffalo milk is what's in the "white ball" mozzarella. Whole Foods used to have this unbelievably delicious water buffalo yogurt but the company that made it went out of business. They were in Vermont.....it was SO good....The proteins in it are evidently smaller and therefore more digestible. I buy goat's milk yogurt and have it very very occasionally if I'm in a pinch for a quick meal. Jane

Ruthie this is nice to know:"quark cheese is very similar in taste and texture to yogurt. If you're allowed that, you might want to give it a try. It's also super-easy to make (I made some when trying to make farmer's cheese."

All the cheeses I have to work with are aged but when I get the temp avoids back I want to try making cheese.

For future reference - Is there a list of Cheeses that one could reasonably make at home? I make my own Yogurt - it is so much better. No junk added. Easy to make. I found Raw milk at a store here - I'm making my first batch with it today.

Do any of you get buttermilk? It's a neutral for me. Is it from cow's milk exclusively? Is itsomething I could make from sheep's milk, maybe? Sheep's milk isn't listed on my SWAMIat all. I would think it's neutral but I'm trying to avoid all cow's milk/products if I can.

Lactose is just the sugar in milk/cheese. Most likely, the drippy nose and gunky throat is caused by the milk protein. If you're lactose intolerant, drinking milk will most likely give you gas and "stomach" cramps. That's because your body isn't digesting the lactose, so your gut flora are eating it and producing gas as a waste product.